Unit 9
Task 1 【答案】 Panel 1st penallist: Philip Barnes 2nd penallist: Miss Anderson 3rd penallist: Arthur Haines Opinions Computers have already changed our lives. Computers have changed our lives, but I don't want my life changed. The computer will affect everyone in the world. Records can be kept of everything we do. Records will be kept of all our private lives. The computer is the greatest disaster of the 20th century. The computer is a machine. It was invented by people; it is used by people. If the computer is a disaster, then people are a disaster. 4th penallist: Phyllis Archer
【原文】
Compere: And now for our first question. It comes from Mrs. June Moore. Mrs. Moore?
Mrs. Moore: Does the panel think that computers will change our lives?
Compere: Mrs. Moore wants to know if computers will change our lives. Philip Barnes?
Philip Barnes: Computers have already changed our lives. Business is more efficient.
Planes and trains provide a better service...
Miss Anderson: Just a moment, Mr. Barnes. You may be right about business, but how many people have lost their jobs because of computers? Computers have changed our lives, but I don't want my life changed.
Arthur Haines: Excuse me, Miss Anderson. We're talking about our lives, not your life.
The computer will affect everyone in the world. Records can be kept
of everything we do. Records will be kept of all our private lives. In my opinion, the computer is the greatest disaster of the 20th century.
Phyllis Archer: Could I interrupt? Arthur Haines says the computer is a disaster, but the computer is a machine. It was invented by people; it is used by people. If the computer is a disaster, then people are a disaster.
Compere: Thank you, Phyllis Archer. Thank you, panel. And thank you, Mrs. Moore.
Task 2
【答案】 A.
1) It includes a 9-inch TV screen, a keyboard with 46 numbers and characters on it, a printer, and two disk drives.
2) It's all contained right on the floppy disk.
3) It's much better than a typewriter in that one can move words or sentences from place to place or make corrections or changes right on the screen, and never have to erase on paper.
4) It can help him make a monthly budget for his household with electronic
1
spreadsheet software. B.
1) loads your program into the machine 2) typewriter, typewriter,
3) turning the computer on and loading a program 4) the different things the program can do 【原文】
Narrator: For Harvey Van Runkle, it was love at first sight, or should we say, love at first byte? Really, it is 64,000 bytes—that's the size of the memory on his new BANANA-3 personal computer. It all happened by accident. His wife, Charlotte, had sent him out to buy a new toaster, when he found himself standing in front of a computer display at the BANANA Computer Store.
Salesman: Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this little computer is going to change your lives.
Just consider the hardware: You have a 9-inch TV screen. That's your video display terminal. You have a keyboard with 46 numbers and
characters on it. You have a printer that will give you paper printouts of your work in three colors. You have two disk drives—one inside the
computer terminal and one outside. This computer can do anything! Now let's have a little demonstration. Who would like to try the new
BANANA-3 computer? You, sir. You look interested. Step right up and try the BANANA-3.
Harvey: What's a d-disk drive?
Salesman: That's the part of the computer that loads your program into the machine. Harvey: Oh. What's a program?
Salesman: The program? That's your software. That's the instructions. It's all contained right on this floppy disk here. The instructions on this disk tell the computer what to do.
Harvey: Oh, you mean like my wife. She always tells me what to do.
Salesman: Exactly. Now what type of program would you like? I have word processing, I have electronic spreadsheet... Harvey: What's word processing?
Salesman: Word processing is using the computer like a typewriter. But it's much
better than a typewriter. You can move words or sentences from place to place or make corrections or changes right on the screen. You never have to erase on paper. It's a wonderful little program! Would you like to try it, Mr...
Harvey: Van Runkle. Harvey Van Runkle. I've never used a computer before... Salesman: It's easy. First we start up the machine, and then boot up a program. Harvey: Boot up?
Salesman: That's computer talk for turning the computer on and loading a program. There. Now we look at the menu.
Harvey: Menu? But I just had lunch. I'm not hungry.
Salesman: No, no. This is a program menu, not a restaurant menu. It shows the different things the program can do. For example, here we have
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